First off I want to say THANK YOU to allot of the contributes on this forum for giving me this idea, or opening my eyes rather to the wonderful uses of old leaf springs 1050 Spring Steel. After reading some posts I found out the old leaf springs make an excellent source of metal to make swords and knives --- even cross bows with. Being that I work for a company that sells new leaf springs, we come across tons of old ones that just sit there waiting to be scraped, and our customers have lots of these siting there too. So after doing some further research I decided to write an article with a brief explanation on how-to make a sword from leaf springs, and a look at some of the blades made with old leaf springs that our customers have sent in, or that we found on the net. again thank you to all the contributors in this community that gave me the idea! Mod note: url deleted as un paid advertising, also "used springs" are a dangerous choice of material for swords and knives, as is cold forging used springs. addition: this poster has not been back to IFI since this insane idea was posted, take that for what its worth
